Sheet holder



March 4, 1941. M. OPPENHEIM SHEET HOLDER Filed Sept. 20, 1959 In ventor 0777: O J JeIz/"Zez'm.

A ttomeys Patented Mar. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHEET HOLDER. Morris Oppenheim, Chicago, 111.

Application September 20, 1939, Serial No. 295,843

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sheet holder, the general object of the invention being to provide means for clamping sheets, such as newspapers or the like on a table or other object so that the papers can be read without removing the papers from the table or other support.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention showing the same in use for holding sheets in position.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In these views the numeral l indicates a bar of Wood or the like which is adapted to be fastened to a table, wall or other support by means of screws 3 which have their heads countersunk in the outer face of the bar. This bar is of elongated form and of comparatively narrow width and it is provided with the holes 4 therein in which are driven or pressed the bushings 5 which have their outer ends corrugatedor roughened as shown at 5' so that these roughened or corrugated parts will engage the bar, which is preferably formed of wood, and thus the bushings will be firmly held in place. Each bushing has a socket 'o in its rear end and a centrally arranged threaded hole is formed in the outer part of the bushing for receiving the threaded shank of a screw 1, the inner end of the screw being offset as shown at 8 after the screw is passed into the bushing to prevent the screw from being entirely removed from the bushing. A bar 9 preferably of metal is formed with a keyhole-shaped slot in in each end portion for engaging the screws 1, it being seen that when the large parts of the holes or openings H] are placed opposite the heads of the screws the bar can be removed from the screws but when the small parts 01 the slots or openings are engaging the heads of the screws 1 the bar 9 is locked to the bar I.

As shown sheets S of paper or the like can be placed on the bar I over screws 1 after which the bar 9 is put in place on the uppermost sheet the bar I into engagement with the bushings to hold the bushings in place, as shown in Figure 3. 15

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided 20 that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A sheet holder for anchoring sheets of paper to a table or the like comprising a bar of wood, means to detachably securesaid bar fiat to said table, a pair of bushings countersunk endwise in said bar adjacent opposite ends of the latter, respectively, with outer ends flush with the top of said bar, a pair of headed studs extended into said bushings, respectively, with the heads thereof extended outwardly of said outer ends of the bushings and for receiving apertured sheets in superposed relation, a clamping bar having keyhole slots therein for locking beneath said heads on top of said sheets, said studs being threaded I into said bushings for turning therein to engage said heads with the clamping bar and clamp the latter against said sheets, said bushings having recessed inner ends forming shoulders therein, and said studs having lateral lugs accommodated in said recesses and coacting with said shoulders to limit turning of said studs outwardly, and locking pins extending laterally into the firstmentioned bar and into said bushings to lock the latter in place.

MORRIS OPPENHEIM. 

